1946/47: With Guard "Jumpin' Joe" Fulks winning the newly formed Basketball Association of
America's scoring title at 23.2 ppg, scoring nearly one-third his team's points
the Philadelphia Warriors make the playoffs by finishing in Eastern Divisions
second spot with a 35-25 record. In the playoffs the Warriors knocked off the
St. Louis Bombers in three game series that went the distance. The Warriors had
just hit their stride beating the New York Knickerbockers in two straight games
to make the first ever BAA Finals. In the BAA Finals the Warriors stayed hot
knocking off the Chicago Stags four games to one to claim the new league's first
Championship.1947/48: With Joe Fulks leading the league in scoring average the Warriors win the Eastern
Division with a 27-21 record. In the semifinals the Warriors survived a seven
game war with St. Louis Bombers overcoming three games to two deficit to make it
back to the BAA Finals. However, perhaps the series took too much out of them
as they fell to the Baltimore Bullets in six games.
1948/49: Joe Fulks once again sizzled as he was joined with Ed Sadowski in the league's top
five scorers. However, the Warriors struggled and just barely made the playoffs
by finishing in fourth place with a 28-32 record. In the playoffs the Warriors
would fall quickly losing two straight games to the Washington Capitols.1949/50: In the first year the league was known as the NBA, the Warriors struggle again but
make the playoffs by finishing in fourth place with a 26-42 record. In the playoffs
the Warriors are once again beaten in two straight games this time falling
to the Syracuse Nationals.1950/51: With Joe Fulks regaining his touch the Warriors rebound and recapture the top sot
in the Eastern Division with a 40-26 record. However, for the rd straight year
they are knocked out of the first round without winning a game losing two straight
games to the Syracuse Nationals for the second straight season.

1951/52: With Paul Arizin claiming the league's scoring title with 25.4 ppg the Warriors make
the playoffs again by finishing in fourth place with a 33-33 record. However,
for the third year in a row the Warriors are knocked off by the Syracuse Nationals,
this time extending the series the full three games.1952/53: Despite Center Neil Johnston leading the NBA in scoring at 22.3 ppg the Warriors
struggle badly all season and finish dead last with an awful 12-57 record.

1953/54: Center Neil Johnston once again leads the NBA in scoring at 24.4 ppg, but it is not
enough as the Warriors miss the playoffs for the second straight year by finishing
in fourth place with a 29-43 record.
1954/55: Despite having the league's top two scorers in Neil Johnston at 22.7 and Paul Arizin
at 21.0 the Warriors continued to struggle finishing in last place with a 33-39
record.1955/56: With George Senesky taking over for Ed Gottlieb as coach, the Warriors jump out of
the gate quickly winning 12 of their first 16 games. Once again Paul Arizin and
Neil Johnston were among the league's scoring leaders as the Warriors won the
Eastern Division with a solid 45-27 record. However, it was the addition of Rookie
Guard Tom Gola that made the difference, in the transformation from last
place to first place. In his first season Gola averaged 9.1 rebounds and 5.9 assists
per game. In the Eastern Division Finals the Warriors beat the Syracuse Nationals
in a hard fought five game series. In the NBA Finals the Warriors found
things easier as they won their second Championship in impressive fashion beating
the Fort Wayne Pistons four games to one.
1956/57: Coming of their World Championship the Warriors struggled all season and just barely
snuck into the playoffs holding off the New York Knicks by one point for the
final playoff spot with a 37-35 record. In the playoffs the Warriors would fall
quickly losing two straight games to the Syracuse Nationals.
1957/58: The Warriors play mediocre most the season again finishing in the third and final
playoff spot with an identical 37-35 record. In the playoffs the Warriors would
face their nemesis the Syracuse Nationals again. However, this time they would
rally to win Game 2 and take the series in three hard fought games. However,
their was no saving the Warriors in the Eastern Finals as they were mauled by the
Boston Celtics four games to one.1958/59: Despite Paul Arizin finishing third in scoring at 26.4 ppg the Warriors fall into
last place missing the playoffs with a disappointing 35-37 record.
1959/60: Philadelphia High School legend Wilt Chamberlain joins the Warriors and dominates
the league right away winning the Rookie of the Year, and NBA MVP, while leading
the league in scoring (37.6) and rebounds (27.0). The addition of Wilt would
lift the Warriors to second place where they finished with a solid 49-26 record.
In the playoff the Warriors would have to deal with Syracuse Nationals again
beating them in two games to one. The Eastern Finals saw a match up of the league's
twobest centers, but Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics would emerge victorious
in six games.
1960/61: Wilt Chamberlain leads the league in scoring and rebounding again as the Warriors
finish in seocnd place with a 46-33 record. However, in the playoffs the Warriors
would be stunned by the Syracuse Nationals losing three straight games in the
Eastern Semifinals.1961/62: Wilt Chamberlain has perhaps the most dominate season in NBA history leading the
league with a NBA record 50.4 ppg. In one eight day stretch in January Wilt Chamberlian
notched three games where he scored at least 63 points. However, the best
was yet to come. On March 2nd playing the New York Knicks in Hershey, Pennsylvania
as Chamberlain had the most dominating game in NBA history notching an
incredible and unbreakable 100 points before 4,124 fans at the Warriors usual training
facility. However, despite his dominance Wilt would not win the NBA MVP
losing out to Bill Russell just as the Warriors finished second behind Russell's
Boston Celtics with a 49-31 record. In the playoffs the Warriors would be pushed
to the limit by the Syracuse Nationals gain, finally emerging victorious in
five games. This would set up a battle between Russell and Chamberlain in the
Eastern Division Finals. Russell and Chamberlain would battle neck and neck for
seven games, as the final game was knotted 107-107 in the final seconds. However,
it would not be Russell but Sam Jones who hit the winning shot with two seconds
remaining that broke hearts in Philadelphia.
1962: Following the season the Warriors would move west to San Francisco, as Ed Gottlieb
sold the team to a Bay Area Credit Card company, helping the extend professional
basketball coast to coast. Philadelphia would only be without pro-basketball
for one year, as the Syracuse Nationals who the Warriors battled seemingly every
year in the playoffs moved to the city they vacated in 1963, becoming the 76ers.

Logo
1951-1962

First Game Played November 7, 1946
Final Game Played April 5, 1962
Moved
to San Francisco in 1962